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  • Worlds Largest Solar Boat Docks in NYC

    The world's largest solar boat, a catamaran called Turanor, reached New York City Monday afternoon, docking at the North Cove Marina in downtown Manhattan at about 5 p.m. New York is the boat's sixth stop in a trans-Atlantic expedition that began in March in the south of France. The boat's upper decks are covered in 5,554 square feet of solar paneling. The photovoltaic cells get ...

  • Is the Energy Revolution Hype

    U.S. energy independence is seen as something of a holy grail by many economists and policy makers, and soaring shale production has heightened hopes that the United States may actually get there. But some energy watchers are questioning how much the world's largest economy can realistically produce--and whether some estimates may be too lofty.To be sure, most market watchers are true ...

  • Want to curb texting and driving Turn it into a joke

    An Australian train safety campaign called "Dumb Ways to Die" is winning big at this week's Cannes Advertising Festival. Might such a jokey style persuade those who cannot help texting at the ...

  • The iPhone 5S rumor roundup

    (Credit: Sarah Tew/CNET) Editors' note: This blog was originally published on December 6, 2012. We'll continuously update this piece up until the device's official launch; let us know if we missed any rumors ourselves. iPhone rumors are like flies at a summer picnic: they're nearly unstoppable. Collected in one batch are all ...

  • The 404 1286 Where were tired of zombies

    (Credit: Orlando S.) On today's show we're welcoming Dan Chiappini from GameSpot Australia along with 404 veteran Scott Stein. We'll briefly recap Scott's time down ...


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Mondo Cane

Any way you look at it, "Mondo Cane" (which is pronounced "car-nay") is a patently silly piece of cinematic junk masquerading as an important anthropological documentary of strange and exotic parts of the world. The dead give-away to its exploitative nature is the condescending, inflated narration that immediately clues the viewer in to the fact that the filmmakers have no respect for the cultures ... ...

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  • Chromebooks land at more retail stores

    Google's cheap laptops arrive at more stores, Microsoft offers discounted Surface tablets for schools, and AT&T tests free phone charging stations in New ...

  • Wizard of Oz Lego re-creation has rotating tornado

    vintage computers , but we can't help but be impressed when an entire movie is redone in bricks. That would be 1939 classic "The Wizard of Oz," which a team of 12 Lego builders has turned into a marvelous 3D plastic diorama that includes just about every scene in the film, including a rotating tornado. The collaborators ...

  • Huawei takes on Apple and Samsung launches worlds slimmest smartphone

    Chinese telecoms giant Huawei on Tuesday launched what it said was the world's thinnest smartphone, which it hopes will take on high-end rivals like Apple and Samsung in the global market. Bidding to extend its market reach outside China, Huawei chose London to unveil its Ascend P6, which is just 6.18 millimetres thick -- the June 18 launch date reflecting the dimensions. "Our theme ...

  • In Paris Boeing unveils the 787-10 Dreamliner

    (Credit: Boeing) Boeing today announced the 787-10 Dreamliner, the third (and longest) plane in the often-troubled 787 family, and an aircraft that the aviation giant said will be the most fuel-efficient in the industry. The unveiling was timed to the Paris Air Show, which is being held this week in Le Bourget, France. That show is the aviation industry's biggest event of the year, ...

  • Toshiba to cut TV business costs by $104 million this fiscal year Nikkei

    (Reuters) - Japan's Toshiba Corp plans to cut about 10 billion yen ($104 million) in costs this fiscal year by reorganizing its network of television factories in Indonesia, China and Poland, the Nikkei said, citing company ...

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